Keel is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for KEEL in dictionary:

VERB:
• to turn keel upward
• (of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize
• (of a person or thing) fall over; collapse
• To cool; to skim or stir.
• To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
• To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
• walk as if unable to control one\'s movements
• mark with a stain
NOUN:
• the part of a ship along the bottom from stem to stern
• the lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, supporting the framework of the whole, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability.
• a ridge along the breastbone of many birds to which the flight muscles are attached; the carina.
• a prow-shaped pair of petals present in flowers of the pea family.
• a flat-bottomed boat of a kind formerly used on the Rivers Tyne and Wear for loading ships carrying coal.
• A brewer\'s cooling vat; a keelfat.
• A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel\'s frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
• Fig.: The whole ship.
• A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
• The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
• A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
• a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
• the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
• one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
• part of a ship
• a ship
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to capsize

Words related to KEEL

keeled11 keeling12 keelings13 keelless12 keels9

Words that contain KEEL

keels9 keeled11 keeler10 keelie10 skeely13 vakeel13 keelage12 keelers11 keelies11 keeling12 keelman13 keelmen13 keelson11 vakeels14 keelages13 keelboat14 keelhale15 keelhaul15 keelings13 keelless12 keelsons12 skeelier12 unkeeled13 keelboats15 keelhaled17 keelhales16 keelhauls16 keelivine16 keelyvine19 skeeliest13 keelhaling18 keelhauled18 keelivines17 keelyvines20 parakeelya19 keelhauling19 parakeelyas20 keelhaulings20

How to use KEEL in a sentence

• The deck and keel, however, were absolutely flat, and each one hundred feet in length and fifty in breadth, the height of the vessel being about twenty feet.
• The sand was of grains of gold, and my keel slid through them without jar or sound.
• They managed to turn it on the keel, and the first thing they saw was the sail in the bottom.
• The realization of this was a steadying ballast which righted the wildly rolling keel under her feet.
• A boat was left, keel up, half on the sand, half in the water, swaying with each swell of the lake.
• As soon as the keel was laid, Mark set up the frame, which came together with very little trouble.
• Mark was delighted with his new vessel, now that it was fairly afloat, and saw that it sat on an even keel, according to his best hopes.
• This afternoon they are fairly well, but one knows that they must be getting weaker as time goes on, and one longs to give them a good sound rest with the ship on an even keel.
• The Vanator now rested upon an even keel as she was carried along by a strong, though steady, wind.
• Another device showed whether the boat was on an even keel or, if not exactly, how many degrees she slanted up or down.
• I know the whole history of the ship, from the day they laid the blocks for her keel to the minute when she let her anchor go where you now see her.
• Not far had they gone before the vessel was driven ashore by a storm, and broke her keel on a protruding shoal.
• Continuing their observation, they quickly perceived, drawn well up on the shore, three skin-canoes turned keel upward.
• Then the cargo was re-shifted into place, the vessel settled back upon an even keel, and it was found that the leak was healed.
• In terror the men in the fourth and last boat, the fire licking their faces, let go the falls, and the little craft struck the water with a crash, but on an even keel.
• Now for the first time the foot of a white man trod the barren rocks of Cape Horn and the keel of an English ship cut the Pacific waves.
• The breeze that is good for the light of draught, and the breeze that is good for the deep keel, are different.
• It was to meet them that the keel of this ship was laid, and our institution organized.
• Then the keel grated on the ground, and we lost way.
• Once we had settled down to that chase there was quiet on the decks, and the ship was on an even keel.
• Corresponding hooks were attached to the keel in position to hook into the screw eyes, and thus hold the keel firmly in place.
• The canoe was then completed by fastening on a 1-inch square keel and treating the boat with two coats of paint.

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